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Posted December 7, 2012 12:13 am - Updated January 22, 2016 03:37 pm

Letters to the Editor Friday

Thursday was another demonstration of the ridiculous decision made by the Georgie Department of Transportation and Chatham County to limit the egress to and from Skidaway Island to a one-lane bridge and causeway from Skidaway Park to Ferguson Avenue.

An accident between Skidaway Narrows and Moon River completely stopped traffic in both directions at 10:20 a.m.

I moved about 20-30 feet in one hour and that is mostly due to vehicles giving up, canceling appointments, missing meetings and hopefully inconveniencing many DOT and public servants.

Should I be having a heart attack right now, I would be dead.

It is obviously too late to do anything about the size of the bridge at this point, and particularly in light of the poor decisions and construction issues at present.

But the inefficiency of capital expenditures of the government of the state of Georgia and the poor engineering decisions of the DOT should be addressed.

In the nearer term rather than the far term, another administration is going have to pay at least three times as much to add additional lanes to this section for safety reasons alone.

I would like to know how liable the state and county are should some dire situation arise.

SARA WHITE

Savannah

Teacher shortage hurts Armstrong students

Why does it seem that the state of Georgia is losing sight of the fundamentals of education?

We value education in our society and a portion of taxes go to making sure that there is an equal opportunity to be educated.

With the anticipated budget cuts to an already underfunded educational system, I am apprehensive of classroom situations that could be created.

Teachers are a priority and fundamental to success of students. It is anticipated that the student-to-teacher ratio is to increase even more, as well as fewer school days for students.

If we can’t accommodate for budget cuts, then what is the future of education going to look like?

I am currently a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University, and I have noticed that during registration several of my peers have trouble getting into upper level classes due to the fact that there simply aren’t enough teachers to provide them with requirements for graduation.

Students readily anticipate graduating and succeeding in the changing world, but delays such as this pose problems.

If we want to be a generation of educated people ready for the work force that can be a part of the changing economy, I suggest that there be some kind of way to accommodate the needs of the educational system.

KRISTEN CARPENTER

Savannah

Christmas tree sellout in record time

The Lions Club of Savannah thanks the hundreds of families that made their traditional trek to Daffin Park to buy our Christmas trees. For 35 years it has been our chief fundraiser, enabling us to continue our fight against preventable blindness.

This year we sold out in record time and were gone on Dec. 4, before some people even begin to think about the holiday season, prompting the tardy to ask us if we’re getting any more trees.

The answer is yes — in about 354 days. See you next year, same time, same place.

MURRAY SILVER,

President

Lions Club of Savannah

On Pearl Harbor Day, remember our heroes

To fellow U.S. citizens of the “greatest generation” and citizens of other Allied countries during World War II, please allow me to thank you for your sacrifices.

To fellow Americans who served patriotically at home during WWII, whether in the military or civilian life, if you contributed to this country’s united war effort, you played an important part of our victory and our subsequent prosperity.

To our brave WWII men and women in the military, it is hard to imagine a greater blessing than your generation.

You were, and still are, genuine heroes. You were a gift to fight fascism, imperialism and tyranny from 1941-45. When called upon, you did your jobs superbly. Whether now in heaven or still among us, we thank God for each one of you.

The dreaded consequences of a different outcome of WWII would have caused the entire world a horror we would likely still be experiencing, if we survived at all.

Those who served helped make it possible for us today to live without a foreign dictator and/or military to question our thoughts and actions, or to live in a state of fear of reprisal, arrest torture or death.

Yours was a personal sacrifice made when the world’s chips were down. The greatest generation will always have our most respectful appreciation.

DAVID BAKER

Tybee Island

Georgia’s senators slap disabled citizens

Whether you are a constituent of Georgia or South Carolina who has voted for or supported your GOP senator, you should hang your head in shame for the failure of these senators to ratify the U.N. treaty which advocates equal rights for disabled persons.

These senators have publicly failed to support our own wounded veterans and other challenged individuals and ignored U.S. law, which is the basic foundation for this treaty.

It is a disgrace that our country and the world can be undermined by the ignorance and vitriol of the extreme right-wing and Tea Party types.

This negative vote is a slap in the face to humanity, but also to American heroes such as Bob Dole, John McCain and John Kerry who advocated for the ratification of this treaty.

ED FAHEY

Springfield

Palestinians want war, not peace with Israel

Regarding the letter from Norman Ravitch on Dec. 5 where he makes the self-evident assertion that the Israelis need agreement with the Palestinians, there’s one small problem here: The Palestinians have never recognized that need.

Like all haters of the Jewish people, the Palestinians seek not only the obliteration of the Jewish state, but also the obliteration of Jews.

Why is this so hard to see? Why do people hate Jews? Jew hatred is based on hatred for the sole premise of Jewish theology: There is one almighty God.